add your music: ls -s /path/to/music /var/lib/mpd/music
enable alsa in /etc/mpd.conf
start server: /etc/init.d/mpd start
start client: ncmpcpp
press 3 to browse, v to select all, A to add to playlist, 2 to switch to playlist, o to localize file, p to switch between column/list view, e to start tiny tag editor (file has to be your and writeable of course), u to update database (and refresh view maybe), ctr+v to open sort editor and than move tags with n and m keys than select sort, volume – + or , if you stopped and can’t upause just run ncmpcpp toggle or check mpd log, there can be conflict with i.e. flash.

Troubleshooting
if you get error msg:
listen: Failed to listen on localhost (line 70): Address already in use
you have probably use mpd –create-db. Use update command from mpd client instead. To start daemon you have to kill all mpd processes first. Usefull commands:
killall mpd
lsof -i :8888
netstat -tapn
htop